Messages in this thread | | | From | Kevin Corry <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 11/16] 2.6.17-rc6 perfmon2 patch for review: new i386 files | Date | Sun, 18 Jun 2006 07:24:07 -0500 |
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On Sun June 18 2006 1:07 am, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > In-Reply-To: <200606150907.k5F97e7A008202@frankl.hpl.hp.com> > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:07:40 -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote: > > --- linux-2.6.17-rc6.orig/arch/i386/perfmon/Kconfig 1969-12-31 > > 16:00:00.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.17-rc6/arch/i386/perfmon/Kconfig > > 2006-06-13 06:58:08.000000000 -0700 @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ > > +menu "Hardware Performance Monitoring support" > > +config PERFMON > > + bool "Perfmon2 performance monitoring interface" > > + select X86_LOCAL_APIC > > + default y > > + help > > + include the perfmon2 performance monitoring interface > > + in the kernel. See <http://perfmon2.sf.net/> for > > + more details. If you're unsure, say Y. > > + > > + config PERFMON_P6 > > + tristate "Support for P6/Pentium M processor hardware performance > > counters" + depends on PERFMON > > + default m > > + help > > + Enables support for the P6-style hardware performance counters. > > + To be used for P6 processors (Pentium III, PentiumPro) and also > > + for Pentium M. > > + If unsure, say M. > > + > > +config PERFMON_P4 > > + tristate "Support for 32-bit P4/Xeon hardware performance counters" > > + depends on PERFMON > > + default m > > + help > > + Enables support for the 32-bit P4/Xeon style hardware performance > > + counters. > > + If unsure, say M. > > + > > +config PERFMON_GEN_IA32 > > + tristate "Support for the architected IA-32 PMU" > > + depends on PERFMON > > + default m > > + help > > + Enables support for the architected IA-32 hardware performance > > counters. + You need a Core Duo/Solo processor or newer for this > > work. + If unsure, say M. > > + > > +config PERFMON_P4_PEBS > > + tristate "Support for Intel P4 PEBS sampling format" > > + depends on PERFMON_P4 > > + default m > > + help > > + Enables support for Precise Event-Based Sampling (PEBS) on the > > Intel P4 + processors which support it. Does not work with P6 > > processors. + If unsure, say m. > > + > > +endmenu > > What do I pick for i386 kernel on Athlon64 hardware? P6? There's no help > for that (or Athlon/Sempron processors.)
P6 is only for Intel Pentium-Pro, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, and Pentium-M.
See arch/x86_64/perfmon/Kconfig for the config options for AMD Athlon64 and Intel EM64T.
I'm not sure if 32-bit Athlons are supported yet.
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